HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform - Manual (Page 462)

Connecting to a universe
You access the Business Objects Query Panel in Crystal Reports through
the Database Expert. Once you have selected Universes from the Create
New Connection node, you are prompted to log onto BusinessObjects
Enterprise, after which you can select a universe and design your query.
Crystal Reports can connect to multilingual universes and report off of them,
but it cannot take advantage of the multilingual attributes. Crystal Reports
will display multilingual field names and other metadata content only in the
primary language of the universe.
You can only base new documents and queries on universes for which you
have been granted the custom right, Create / Edit Query.
Note:
If you are a user of Web Intelligence and you are using the Query Panel in
Crystal Reports, you will encounter some differences in behavior from what
you might expect in Web Intelligence. These differences are listed in a white
paper that you can find on the Business Objects Technical Support site at
http://support.businessobjects.com/ .
To connect to a universe
1. In Crystal Reports, on the File menu, click New, and then click Blank
Report.
2. In the Database Expert, double-click Create New Connection.
3. Double-click Universes to view a list of universes you have the right to
base new reports on.
4. Log on to BusinessObjects Enterprise if you have not done so already.
For information about how to log on to BusinessObjects Enterprise, see
Working with Enterprise folders .
5. Select the universe that you want to base your query on, and then click
Open.
The Business Objects Query Panel appears.
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Connecting to a universe